The Surveillance State Grows: UK Schools Will Use Facial Recognition to Speed Up Lunch Payments
By J. Fingas Facial recognition may soon play a role in your child’s lunch. The Financial Times reports that nine schools in the UK’s North…
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Alabama School Districts Hit With Food Shortage, Warn Of Remote School Days
By Tyler Durden A school district just north of Montgomery, Alabama, informed parents in a Facebook post that their food vendors are experiencing “supply chain…
Students’ Mask Mandate Protest Met with Locked Doors, Expletive-ridden Emails from University Employees
By Emily Schneller Students at Montana State University allege they were blocked by police officers and prevented from delivering a petition to the president. Faculty…
Court Delivers Setback for Ben Shapiro Free Speech Suit
By Alexa Schwerha The Eighth Circuit denied an appeal from conservative plaintiffs on Monday in their lawsuit against the University of Minnesota. Both YAF and…
Middle School Students Receive 5G-Equipped Chromebooks (Connecticut)
By B.N. Frank In 2019, Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut addressed telecom executives about health risks from 5G exposure. The executives said that they had…
Surveillance on Campus: Universities Give Students Tools to Report on Each Other’s COVID Violations or “bias incidents”
By Katelynn Richardson Many universities supply tools that allow students to report their peers for incidents involving speech or COVID-19 protocols. Several American colleges also…
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Public School Students’ Off-Campus Speech Rights
By Sophia Cope and Naomi Gilens In a win for freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court held that public high school officials violated a…
Student Booted as Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Over Mask Mandate Editorial
By Ben Zeisloft Maddison Farris, editor-in-chief of a student newspaper at Oklahoma State University, was forced to resign after criticizing the school’s mask policy. “I…
Technological Inventions that Made Studying Approachable and Effective During the Pandemic
By Amanda Warren The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world with plenty of people losing their jobs, their homes, and many businesses closing…
Attend NY Teachers For Choice Protest 9-27 (Updated)
By Neenah Payne Michael Kane of Teachers For Choice is holding another rally at Foley Square on September 27. Music is starting as early as…
Survey: 80% of Students are “self-censoring their viewpoints”, Many Feel Uncomfortable Speaking Up In Class
By Ben Zeisloft Four in five college students in the United States report censoring their own views while 48% say they are uncomfortable “expressing [their]…
Advocacy Groups Ask Schools for “Less Invasive Monitoring” of Students on Educational Devices
By B.N. Frank Over the years, American tech insiders (aka “Silicon Valley Parents”) have gone to great lengths to limit their kids’ use and exposure…
Book Review: “God, School, 9/11 and JFK”
By Janet Phelan Bruce de Torres has written a quietly remarkable book. De Torres began writing God, School, 9/11 and JFK several decades back, when his…
“Science and Technology Think Tank” Supports AR/VR for K-12 and Higher Ed Despite Known Health Risks
By B.N. Frank Virtual Reality (VR) headsets can cause behavioral changes, balance issues, cognitive problems, eye problems (soreness, vision changes), headaches, and other discomforts (see…